There was a lot of controversy in Virginia regarding controversial remarks on the Sikh community. In such a situation, Rahul Gandhi's foreign trips, which once seemed like a good idea to showcase his party's alternative vision for India, need to be reconsidered. For one thing, they have nothing new left to say and are now forced to repeat themselves. More seriously, however, their audiences consist primarily (often entirely) of converts. are involved. These include the Congress-leaning Indian diaspora and students mobilized by the Indian Overseas Congress and other sympathetic groups. Outside the diaspora bubble, India has no interest in domestic politics. No wonder their presence barely finds a place in the mainstream media.
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So, it's fair to ask, who is really hearing their message? If the aim is to convey to foreign policy makers the Congress Party's concerns about the direction of India's travel under the Narendra Modi government, that is clearly not happening. Under these circumstances, it would be appropriate for Rahul to take a break from these tours. Instead focus on domestic politics, where they would be more useful.
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However, Congress will have to manage them better if they want to be associated with them. Or rather, he will have to manage Rahul Gandhi. The Congress leadership should be concerned about the controversy arising from his shameful expression of concern for the rights of the Sikh community during his recent visit to the US. Allowing Rahul to go on stage without a proper script is not without danger.
You have to tie a bell around the cat's neck
Of course, he's his own big boss and isn't used to being told what to do. But if the party is to avoid further unnecessary controversies and embarrassments, someone (Sonia Gandhi? Priyanka?) needs to bell the cat. The mistake he made in trying to present his party as a defender of Sikh rights and security was no simple “misstep”. Given the troubled history of Congress-Sikh relations, this was a big mistake.
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This is not expected from an experienced politician
Rahul's statement on Sikhs was a mistake like that of a primary school child, which was not expected from an experienced leading political leader. This is because one of the most terrible atrocities against the Sikhs was committed by workers of his own party. This happened after the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984 by one of her Sikh bodyguards. Anyone with even the slightest understanding of history would have made every effort to avoid such a sensitive area, even if it cost them.
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This is Rahul's problem only!
Rahul can keep on explaining until his face becomes sad that his comments were taken out of context and misinterpreted. That may be so – but ultimately the problem is the insensitivity of their own words. The mark of a mature leader is that he can recognize and avoid a potential political landmine a mile away. However, this is not the first time that Rahul has unknowingly walked into a landmine – like Alexander Pope's 'fools who rush in where even angels fear to go'.
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Rahul may have come a long way from his 'Pappu' days, but his communication skills and understanding of complex political ideas are still questionable. While he is good at hit-and-run one-liners (“Suit boot ki sarkar,” “Chowkidar chor hai”). He struggles to develop an argument and take it to its logical conclusion. This appears to have been the case in Virginia as well, where he kept jumping from one subject to another and building on it as well.
old wounds healed
Rahul Gandhi has clarified that the context of his comments about Sikh rights, which was lost in his disorganized presentation, was his broader attack on the Modi government for its treatment of minorities. After this he said that BJP is spreading lies in America regarding his comments. But by then the damage had been done, and even liberal Sikhs described his comments as 'vague and bizarre', as wrote journalist Harinder Baweja, whose family suffered during the violence instigated by the Congress in 1984. . He remembered how he had made old wounds green again.
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She wrote: I lived in Delhi that year and I have a touching memory of my father. My father was an Indian Air Force officer. He was returning home wearing a helmet during the massacre of Sikhs. This was the only occasion when he was forced to remove his turban. He saved his life by taking off his turban but – in the process – he suffered an indelible wound that shook his identity.
Opposition to Rahul's comment
Several Sikh groups issued a joint statement asking Rahul to withdraw his comments, while the BJP, of course, accused his statement of hypocrisy and politicizing a sensitive issue. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, himself a Sikh, said, if there has been a time in our history when as a community we have felt anxiety, a sense of insecurity and a threat to existence, this is the time. . Has been, when Rahul Gandhi's family was in power.
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This fight goes too far
Despite all this, this fight between BJP and Congress goes far beyond Rahul's indecent comments in Virginia. The real issue amid this uproar is the unfair tussle between liberals and the Hindu right over contradictory statements about the direction of India. In the eyes of liberals, everything is disappointing and disappointing. India is heading towards hell, where democracy is on the verge of death, democratic institutions are collapsing, majoritarianism is playing with the rights of minorities and the economy is in recession.
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On the other hand, for the BJP and its 'bhakts', it is all about the bright future of Modi's 'new' India. Rapidly growing economy, pseudo-secularism replaced by social justice for all (sabka saath, sabka vikas), end of corruption, 'Amrit Kaal' has arrived… or so the story goes – of the Nehruvian 'Golden Age'. The liberal narrative or the RSS's claim of 'civilisational renaissance' does not tell us the whole story. The reality is more complex.
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What is the real problem?
A mixture of some facts and nostalgia, historical inaccuracies, blatant denials and optimism. The truth is closer to the words written by London Times reader Michael Cunningham, who has lived in India. He writes, India is a wonderful country, in which terrible incidents happen… and many of them are caused by religious differences.
The main problem is not the liberal-right divide, but the unprecedented extent of polarization, with no consensus even on the country's official name. 'Colonial' India or 'Civilized' authentic India? Meanwhile, if Rahul travels abroad next time, it would be good for him to take a good script writer and speech trainer with him.
